uMercs has the unique opportunity to support the security and networking for the ETHDenver Hackathon. This post dives into this hot topic that is blockchain and how you can do your own Network Security Monitoring (NSM) on the fly and other lessons learned.

According to this infamous manifesto, all hackers are alike and not unique millennial snowflakes. They are people with curiosity, convictions, apathy, anger, greed, hope, and honor. Just like people, hackers or groups of hackers may fall on a spectrum of good and evil. Where they fall may be dependent on the day or mood of that individual, or even the convictions of the larger collective.